Which line from "civil disobedience" by henry david thoreau may have influenced john lewis's beliefs?
a.
i think sometimes, why, this people mean well; they are only ignorant; they would do better if they knew how: why give your neighbors this pain to treat you as they are not inclined to?
b.
it was formerly the custom in our village, when a poor debtor came out of jail, for his acquaintances to salute him, looking through their fingers, which were crossed to represent the grating of a jail window, "how do ye do? "
c.
i have never declined paying the highway tax, because i am as desirous of being a good neighbor as i am of being a bad subject; and as for supporting schools, i am doing my part to educate my fellow-countrymen now.
d.
if others pay the tax which is demanded of me, from a sympathy with the state, they do but what they have already done in their own case, or rather they abet injustice to a greater extent than the state requires.
e.
i asked him in my turn how he came there, presuming him to be an honest man, of course; and, as the world goes, i believe he was.

Your answer is B. Thoreau believed in nonviolent actions, and only using force when needed. The line would be B because it shows that he and his folks would respect those that got outta jail. normally ppl wouldn't do that and would rather brutally treat them.

A is wrong because it doesn't show that he believes in nonviolence.

B is correct

C has to do with a personal story, once again having nothing to do with civil obedience

D is wrong because that is another personal story

E is completely irrelevant

No wonder you are confused. Civil disobedience by Thoreau and MLK was based on non violent aggression. Civil Disobedience rested on the premise that people should not obey an unjust law and if they were imprisoned, so be it. If enough didn't obey the law, those in power would have to pay attention.

A society cannot run when people simply will not do what the rulers want them to do. John Lewis as a student leader, believed exactly the same thing. But none of the quotations convey that. I would pick D. He is hinting at the fact that if others pay the tax, they are doing so out of fear of what the state will do. They will do what they have always done. The state allows objection. Let them object.

"facing the rising sun of our new day begun

let us march on till victory is won.",

because the rising sun is a symbol of hope.